BlackCandy vs JellyBox Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlackCandy
This application serves as a personal music center, requiring a pre-configured Black Candy server to function. It provides access to your music library through a dedicated iOS interface. More information on server setup is available via the developer's GitHub page.
- Personal music center
- Requires Black Candy server
- iOS interface
- Music library access
- GitHub for setup info
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The official Black Candy iOS app. To use this app, you must have a Black Candy server set up. For more information, please visit https://github.com/blackcandy-org/blackcandy
JellyBox Player
Access and play your local music library from Jellyfin, Emby, or Navidrome servers. Enjoy features like time-synced lyrics, offline playback, and remote control of your media.
- Browse local music library
- Remote device control
- Time-synced lyrics
- Full offline mode
- Downloads
- Apple CarPlay support
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JellyBox Player is a client application for Jellyfin, Emby or Navidrome servers. JellyBox allows you seamlessly play all your local music by simply connecting to your home server. This player can: * Browse and your local lib - artists, albums, songs, playlists * Continuity - remotely control your devices or move playback between them * Relay - connect remotely to your home server without use of VPN or tailscale tunnels * Home page widget * Show a time synced lyrics(when available) * Full offline mode, including a "plane" support * Downloads * Native Apple CarPlay app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JellyBox Player at every 5 days against BlackCandy's every 24 months. JellyBox Player also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). BlackCandy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BlackCandy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JellyBox Player has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BlackCandy ships an update every 24 months, JellyBox Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackCandy | JellyBox Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 43.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文冬 赵 | Oleksandr Synelnykov |
In-app purchases
BlackCandy
No in-app purchases
JellyBox Player
No in-app purchases
